Henry Walter Jack

Henry Walter Jack MBE, OBE (14 June 1891 – 19 December 1977) was an Irish agriculturalist.

[1][2][3] In 1933, he was appointed Chief Research Officer of the Agricultural Department of the Federated Malay States and Straits Settlements.

During the Second World War, he supplied a million pounds of fresh vegetables each month to the Allied forces on the island for which he received the thanks of the Fijian Government.

One son was killed whilst serving in the Royal Navy during the Second World War.

[1][6] He was keen rugby player who was capped twice for Ireland in 1914 and in 1921 whilst on leave, and in Malaya captained the Selangor and Federated Malay States teams.